“America First” for Who, Exactly?

When a slogan refuses to answer the class question, it becomes a lie

Every country has the right to put its own people first. Americans saying Americans first is not strange. China putting China first is not strange. Canada putting Canada first is also reasonable. The basic purpose of a nation is to protect the safety, livelihood, and dignity of its people.

Now, as your Chinese Commissar, I have to help you, especially Americans, figure this out before you throw yourselves into extreme nationalism.

The problem is not whether a country comes first.

The problem is that when people shout “America First,” they almost never answer a simpler and more dangerous question.

First for who?

For oligarchs?
For politicians?
For the war machine?
For corporate interests?
For overseas priorities and foreign commitments, including Israel?
Or for ordinary people who live on wages?

These are not the same thing. Blurring them together is how exploitation gets wrapped in patriotic language.